Yashoda

E103305

Hindu mythological character mother figure mythological figure

Yashoda is the loving foster mother of the Hindu deity Krishna, revered for her deep maternal devotion and prominent role in his childhood stories.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Yashoda canonical	5
Krishna was secretly taken from her to Gokul	1
Yashodha	1
Yaśodā	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu mythological character ⓘ mother figure ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ
appearsIn	Bhagavata Purana ⓘ Harivamsa ⓘ various Krishna childhood legends ⓘ
associatedWith	Bhakti (devotion) ⓘ Gokul ⓘ surface form: Gokula Krishna ⓘ Nanda ⓘ Vrindavan ⓘ
child	Balarama ⓘ surface form: Balarama (in some traditions as foster child) Krishna ⓘ
culturalRole	ideal Hindu mother ⓘ symbol of maternal love ⓘ symbol of vatsalya bhava (parental devotion) ⓘ
depictedAs	cowherd woman ⓘ loving mother of the child Krishna ⓘ
devotionalAspect	vatsalya rasa toward Krishna ⓘ
devotionalPractice	remembering her as the ideal devotee-mother of Krishna ⓘ
era	Dvapara Yuga ⓘ surface form: Dvapara Yuga (mythological time)
ethnicGroup	Ahir community ⓘ surface form: Yadava community (cowherd clan)
gender	female ⓘ
iconography	shown churning butter with Krishna nearby ⓘ shown holding baby Krishna ⓘ
knownFor	maternal devotion to Krishna ⓘ raising Krishna ⓘ unconditional motherly love ⓘ
languageOfPrimaryTradition	Sanskrit ⓘ
literaryTheme	contrast between divine nature of Krishna and her human motherly ignorance ⓘ power of love over fear of the divine ⓘ
mythologicalEvent	butter-stealing episodes of Krishna ⓘ seeing the universe in Krishna’s mouth ⓘ tying Krishna to a mortar (Damodara episode) ⓘ witness of Krishna’s childhood miracles ⓘ
nameVariant	Yashoda self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Yashodha Yaśodharā ⓘ surface form: Yasoda
regionOfVeneration	Braj region ⓘ surface form: Braja region northern India ⓘ surface form: North India Vrindavan area ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
residence	Gokul ⓘ surface form: Gokula Vrindavan ⓘ
role	foster mother of Krishna ⓘ mother of Krishna in his childhood stories ⓘ
spouse	Nanda ⓘ
worshippedBy	Vaishnavism ⓘ surface form: Vaishnavas
worshippedIn	Krishna temples ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Krishna → fosterParents → Yashoda ⓘ

Devaki → notableEvent → Yashoda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Krishna was secretly taken from her to Gokul

Nanda → spouse → Yashoda ⓘ

Nanda → depictedWith → Yashoda ⓘ

Yashoda → nameVariant → Yashoda self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yashodha

Gokul → associatedPerson → Yashoda ⓘ

Yashoda → hasNameVariant → Yashoda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yaśodā

Nandgaon → associatedWithDeity → Yashoda ⓘ